PDF Opened with Chrome Extension always asks to save

Question

I've recently switched to Chrome as my primary browser. I'm using the Adobe Reader extension to open PDF Files. They open fine but if I then immediately close the Adobe reader window, it asks if I want to save changes. I've not made any changes so I'm confused why it's asking. I've uninstalled both the extension and Adobe Reader DC and reinstalled them to no avail.

If I open regular PDF files on my PC, I"m not asked to save them.

OS is Windows 10.

Thanks for any help.

brianm92893534 · Accepted Answer

I guess that's why I'm here. I'd like to troubleshoot. Resetting Chrome didn't do anything nor did uninstalling / reinstalling Acrobat Reader. There's no meaningful options in the extension so I'm not sure how to approach it.

A thought that I had is that it's opening the .pdf in memory and realizes that there's no actual file behind it so it wants to save but opening in memory only seems to be the desirable behavior. The Foxit extension wants to save the file before opening is the only reason I thought of this.

I think I worked it out finally. It's one of the settings that Crome sync does. I disabled everything but my bookmarks and reset settings. Now everything is gone.

brianm92893534 · Answer

For good measure, this is what happens when I click 'View as PDF' for this thread and then close reader.

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